LIBRARY 

UNIVERSITY  OF 
CALIFORNIA 

SAN  DIEGO 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1867, 
BY  DUFFIELD  ASHMEAD, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Eastern  District 

of  Pennsylvania. 


DEDICATION- 
To  the  ABSENTEE  5,  with 

heart -felt  hopes    for  their 
speedy  recovery  and  return, 

f  «/  fc/ 

these    sketches,    f  without: 
their  Tcind  permission] are 
dedicated   Ij     the 

A  UTHOR. 


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The  f arson  sneezes  j  and,  in, 
great  fear  -for  his   precious 

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life    thinks  he'd    letter    a o 
to    Europe   for  the 
of  his  health. 


And  his  Family's  I  The.  Parson 


a 


Ht  consults    one  of  the.  pillars 

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0,1  wL   tttls  him,  or  his   threatene 

rnalady  -  Pillar  j uog esrs   lak^ 
Superior,  J*a,rson    thinks  kc 
couldn't    stand    the,    climate. 


The  1/estry  meets  -  one  of 
Pillars  proposes  to  send,  their 
'Jteloved  Pastor  to  more.  Balmy 
Climes  ~ 


u,/ia.ni.TLous  n  *o  ft  on  was  carried* 


ffe    hastily   aat/iers  together 
ntccssa-rU^  for  his    roy^ye  - 
(The.  above    sketch  shows    at,      art 
of    the.  baoyaoe.J 


par 


The  Parson  ?-ectives  an  offerina 
from  his  flock  to  defray  /its  travelli. 
expanses-  f~ft  is  much   touched,  by  it 
cirid    con(jroitu,la-tcs  hin\self  that  A.II 
the.  fouls   are  not  dca.d  yet.*- 


ng 


Comrn.<:?icts  his.  -farewell 


ffe     descries   his 

at    the    thought   of 

J         •/   /  j 

"from  the,  loved  ones  who  so 

substantially  hoive 
their  devotion,. 


h*    bids  them   all    a.doo~ 


effect  on  some    of  the 


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A  few  letters  of  credit   and 


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left  a  i    ir.  t    A  a  use 


of 


He  '&     afloat  ,'  He  's 


some  of  their  retinue 


are  znacuaed  in,  the 

V/  4*/ 


On  arriving  in  London,,  he 
fiimsefr  and  family  on    one.   of  the, 
Znfluc7itial    citizens 


To    the  intense 

of  tfie  "influental  citizen 

who   considers  himstlf  "in  for  it 


ft    i 


s 


l*  t  the  reverend  J)octo7*  .Dust  i>$  a<x>- 
Tus    sus&czssor  <zt 


is 

drowsiest  substitute,  is  his  successor- 
lu,t    is 


And  the,  Vestry  raise 
salary    of  the 


Effect  of  ffte  Parisian  Fashions 
ILV  07i  Pew  son.  Sourball  and  his 
family. 


Tia  fiad,  bis    ft  air  cut 
IT?  the  French   style   ,  he 
sends  it  home,   in   the. 
manner    /or   his    flock- 


Sourlait    lvitk    &.U    the 

rOVQlTLZ 


is  o7zly  a  Sew  CU  ray 

n  a  Little 


Vtltiyc-ttey 


last 


IS    Slowl     i 


.          .  / 
in,  st,x 


twLce 


receives   a  -fresh  supply  and, 
to 


ni  s    Tor  i  do 

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This  Itina    exhausted  .  he  returns 

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well    satisfied,  and    thinking  that  if  he 
not.d'n,t     been   a.   Z\irson,4  he  never  would, 
have   got   far  frojn 


j  1  (  /K 


15  received  l 
ine  Pillars. 


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f.V 


And  his   wife    ly 
iJie  Pillar -esses- 


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Portraits    of  some    empty  Pockets 


a   returns   one*  more 
/us   own    Fulit 


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